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GOVERNMENT EXTENDS CHRISTMAS DUTY FREE ALLOWANCE INTO JANUARY

Published 29 December 2018

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GOVERNMENT EXTENDS CHRISTMAS DUTY FREE ALLOWANCE INTO JANUARY
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 28, 2018 (SKNIS): The Comptroller of the Customs and Excise Department, Kennedy DeSilva, has advised that the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has extended the period for duty concessions on non-commercial imports.

The new deadline for all non-commercial imports arriving by air is Friday, January 04, 2019, while the deadline for all non-commercial imports arriving by sea is now Friday, January 11, 2019.

The concessions are offered under the Christmas Incentive Programme and offers duty and tax concessions on goods brought in up to a value of US$200.

The extension facilitates the clearance of back logged non-commercial cargo.

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RESULTS: NATIONAL CARNIVAL QUEEN PAGEANT NATIONAL CARNIVAL QUEEN 2018 – 2019: TAWANNA COLLINS: SCASPA (1420.5)

Published 29th December 2018

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RESULTS: NATIONAL CARNIVAL QUEEN PAGEANT

NATIONAL CARNIVAL QUEEN 2018 – 2019: TAWANNA COLLINS: SCASPA (1420.5)

1st runner up: Olivia Walters: St. Kitts-Nevis Development Bank (1339 points)

2nd runner up: Aravinda Hughes: The Cable (1317.5 points)

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RESULTS: 2018 – 2019 NATIONAL CARNIVAL SWIMWEAR PAGEANT & MR GQ COMPETITION

Published 28 December 2018

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?RESULTS: 2018 – 2019 NATIONAL CARNIVAL SWIMWEAR PAGEANT & MR GQ COMPETITION

?NATIONAL CARNIVAL SWIMWEAR PAGEANT?

WINNER: KERSHA MARTIN – Mitcham & Benjamin Barristers at Law (1057.5 points)

1st runner up: Brianda Harvey – Royal St. Kitts Hotel(1057 points)
2nd runner up: Saskia Evans – St. Kitts Nevis Development Bank (1045 points)

Winner of Creative National Pride Swimwear Segment: Brianda Harvey – Royal St. Kitts Hotel

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2019 PROMISES TO BE A YEAR FULL OF ACTION WITH RENEWED VIGOUR AND DETERMINATION FOR CARICOM, SAYS INCOMING CHAIRMAN, PRIME MINISTER HARRIS

Published 28 December 2018

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PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND INCOMING CHAIR OF CARICOM, DR. THE HON. TIMOTHY HARRIS
2019 PROMISES TO BE A YEAR FULL OF ACTION WITH RENEWED VIGOUR AND DETERMINATION FOR CARICOM, SAYS INCOMING CHAIRMAN, PRIME MINISTER HARRIS
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 28, 2018 (SKNIS): In his New Year’s message, Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, said that 2019 “promises to be a year full of action” for the regional bloc “with a renewed vigour and determination to maintain the momentum with which we ended 2018.”

“This is the final year of our first five-year Strategic Plan and preparations have already begun for the second Plan which will build on the accomplishments of its predecessor,” he said, while underscoring the importance of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

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Prime Minister Harris commends police for job well done on J’ouvert morning 

Published 28 December 2018

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Prime Minister Harris commends police for job well done on J’ouvert morning 

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 28, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, who was on Wednesday December 26 morning among the thousands who turned out for J’ouvert, has hailed the activity as a very good experience.

“The experience has been a very good one,” said Prime Minister Harris who, in company of the Hon Ian Patches Liburd, was stationed at the Old Treasury Building in downtown Basseterre where hundreds of revellers stopped by to hug him and pose for pictures with him. “Persons clearly enjoyed themselves very well, including the tourists. It was a fantastic day.”

Cognisant that J’ouvert activities were brought to a premature end due to some unwelcome behaviour exhibited by a few unruly revellers, the Minister of National Security observed that the police had acted in the most commendable manner to ensure a smooth flow of events and hailed the Police High Command for updating the public in a timely manner.

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